Sentences with phrase «carbon economies in the region»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is funding some hydropower projects in the Balkans and has agreed to foster a transition towards sustainable, low - carbon economies in the region.

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The north - west is doing this, in the Liverpool City Region in particular and in several general key areas: tourism, port expansion, low carbon, knowledge economy and the soon to be International Trade Centre.

I've written off and on about how the divide in the United States over how quickly to curb carbon dioxide emissions has little to do with the now familiar red state versus blue state dynamic, and is more about which regions have grids and economies most wedded to coal and oil, and which don't.

Over the last 10 years we've worked with the town and its farmers to protect a dozen farms in Red Hook, guaranteeing they continue contributing to the town's rural economy and charm while providing the region with great - tasting fruits and vegetables whose carbon footprints are miniscule.

«You've shifted onto an unstable tax base that you're hoping will go away, and you'll wind up having to raise other taxes up anyway» He also said a carbon tax imposed regressive penalties on sectors and regions already struggling in the current economy — such as energy - intensive manufacturing in the Midwest — while rewarding «higher - income coastal knowledge work.»

In 2010 Terry co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a public - private partnership bringing together subnational governments, businesses, financial markets, NGOs, and academia to implement measurable, large - scale, low - carbon and climate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global economy.

They can choose to anger the greens, join the shale gas revolution, and go for a low - carbon, domestic, abundant source of energy that will help to regenerate the economy of Lancashire — in effect, launch a new phase of the industrial revolution in which that area was a key region.

Meanwhile, states in the region will look to RGGI's example as they begin to tackle the largest carbon polluter in the region, our aging transportation system, with measures to modernize mobility, grow the economy, and further protect public health.

In one of geography's ironies, the region most at risk is the Gulf − the prime source of the crude oil that first began to fuel the world's accelerating economies in ways that have returned massive quantities of fossil carbon to the atmosphere and precipitated the threat of catastrophic climate changIn one of geography's ironies, the region most at risk is the Gulf − the prime source of the crude oil that first began to fuel the world's accelerating economies in ways that have returned massive quantities of fossil carbon to the atmosphere and precipitated the threat of catastrophic climate changin ways that have returned massive quantities of fossil carbon to the atmosphere and precipitated the threat of catastrophic climate change.

And with a robust emissions trading program, Pennsylvania could generate significant carbon revenues that could be used to support high - quality jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency, strengthen disadvantaged communities, make buildings and infrastructure more resilient, and boost economic development in regions dependent on the fossil - fuel economy.

The increasing value and intact environmental nature of much of the Indigenous estate across the North of Australia in a carbon trading context offers opportunities that could create sustainable on - country development for traditional owners in the region through new and exciting economies.